About this title: Katherine Forrester's parents are musicians, and they raise her in a sophisticated, yet bohemian, environment. Lonely, uncertain, Katherine approaches womanhood with an eye towards love as well as a career as a concert pianist.
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Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. clean, well bound and unmarked, creased and slanted spine, bumped corners. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 371 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN-13:9780374519124ISBN:0374519129
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1985-07-01
ISBN-13:9780374519124ISBN:0374519129
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Edition: 6th printing, 1990 Different cover art.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780374519124ISBN:0374519129
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Bit of shelfwear, else fine, clean & tight. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 371 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Instructive and inspiring to read the early prose of an author I really admire. It is a first novel and it's heartening to see that L'Engle whose writing seems effortless improved with experience. In this book is all the potential for the brilliance of her later work, waiting to be realized.
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"This was the first book I'd read of L'Engle's adult fiction. I read her fantasy books as a kid and really liked them and I knew a bit about her own life, but somehow I never managed to get around to reading her adult books until a couple years ago. This is her first published book and it shows in that it's a bit overwritten, but that said, I still really liked it. It's a coming-of-age story, but it's L'Engle, so you know it's not going to be schmaltzy. Tortured is more like it. The main character is a concert pianist and a sensitive person. Although she is frequently betrayed by people she trusts, her music keeps her going and is ultimately the only thing she can rely on. It's a good portrait of youth and naivete."
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